Mount Sennheiser 416 to built-in on-camera shock mount AG-AC160

[danielrucci]

Friends,

I'm looking to mount my Sennheiser 416 microphone to my Panasonic AG-AC160.

Panasonic's factory-included on camera microphone shock mount is too big for this mic.
(My mic doesn't have enough girth for the shock mount. Go Figure... story of my life.)

Are there any other mounts that can screw into the two tiny holes that panasonic provides on this camera for the factory-provided shock mount? I need the coldshoe for other stuff (wireless mics)

Any recommended custom hacks?

thanks
-DR

[kwkeirstead]

That mic seems to be about 10 inches long and the distance from the back of the holder to the front of the camera is only 5 inches on the 160 so the mic is going to stick out in front of the lens (am I right that with a wind sock on it you will have to mount it forward rather than backward?)

I see that the mic has a taper at the wire end, making it all the more difficult to install in the holder. I had a VideoMic Pro and had to revert to an older VideoMic because I also did not want to use up the cold shoe.

I would be interested in hearing about what wireless mic you use and how.

[ELN614]

add girth. some rubber similar to some thin mouse pads

[danielrucci]

The Sennheiser foam windscreen works fine and stays out of the lens, even at full wide, but yes it would extend a bit past the end of the lens. It's out of frame though.

I use the coldshoe to mount a Sennheiser EK 100 g3 receiver (it's part of the ew112-p ENG wirless set, and comes with a coldshoe mount.)


add girth. some rubber similar to some thin mouse pads

So so far it sounds like there's no "real" way to do this. Neoprene (rubber mouse pad) would be a little too thick probably.

This guy made a superfunky mount:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22676646@N04/2183486809/in/photostream/

So no official way to do this?

[scapsinger]

Rode makes a shock mount designed to fit into the microphone mount on these and other cameras. I use it whenever I'm shooting with a windsock to bring the mic up and out of the wide end of the lens. It adds a bit of weight, however.

I think they also make a 1/4 20" mount of the same thing that you could screw on the top of the AC160

[danielrucci]

Rode makes a shock mount designed to fit into the microphone mount on these and other cameras. I use it whenever I'm shooting with a windsock to bring the mic up and out of the wide end of the lens. It adds a bit of weight, however.

I think they also make a 1/4 20" mount of the same thing that you could screw on the top of the AC160

Awesome, I'll check it out.

In the meantime I solved the problem by increasing the "girth" of the 416 by wrapping it with about 1/4" of gaffers tape. What a no-brainer that was, huh?

[Cavemandude]

I use thick rubber bands twisted around the mic several times when mic mounts are too big to hold the mic.

Randy

[scapsinger]

The gaffers tape fill-out technique has been popular with all manner of A/V mounts since...well, when exactly was gaffer's tape invented? :)

Very effective. Also very sticky, but effective nonetheless.

[Vaughan Wood]

+ 1 for the gaffer tape!

Vaughan